There is no fixed qualitative standard for khat, qat, miraa, chat and its other local incarnations; the appearance of the chat sold in Ethiopian markets can be as different as celery, broccoli, and spinach.

The field reporter noted that the persons were arrested and the ammunition was confiscated during the said force raid operations along the borderline of Khat El-Petrol (Petroleum line) and Al-Bikaiyat villages in Wadi Khaled border region.

READING the article on the banning of the drug khat, I see that the ban is said not to be fair because it is part of the culture and tradition of certain countries to take khat ("Drug support services condemn 'ludicrous' ban", June 25).

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